Traders Focus on Federal Reserve Report and Upcoming G 20 Meeting

It seems that the Federal Reserve has modified their monetary policy in regards to their current program of quantitative normalization. Beginning in 2015, the Fed ended their quantitative easing policy which flooded the market with almost interest-free capital as the Fed’s balance sheet swelled to just over $4.5 trillion. They began to take the necessary steps to reverse the steps that were taken following the 2008 banking crisis.

First, they began to liquidate their massive accumulation of assets. Secondly, the Fed implemented small interest rate hikes taking the Fed’s funds rate from almost zero to 2% - 2.25%. There have been a total of eight rate hikes, with three of them occurring this year.

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The Fed has also stated that there is a high probability that they will implement one more rate hike in December.

As reported by Reuters, “The U.S. faces only moderate financial risks despite elevated asset prices and concern over the possible impact of rising corporate debt, U.S. Fed chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday as the central bank released a broad overview of the health of credit markets and the financial system.”

Chairman Powell’s statements followed the release of a report that is the first of what the Fed intends to be a twice a year endeavor. These reports will detail the economic climate, to maintain and grow the transparency of their actions.

The dovish stance as conveyed by the chairman resulted in a major rally in U.S. equities, a weakening U.S. dollar, and stronger gold prices.

But Wait, There’s More

Now trader’s attention will be focused on the upcoming G20 meeting which will begin on Friday. This meeting is extremely significant in that the presidents of both the United States and China are planning a face-to-face meeting.

The trade dispute has morphed into a full-blown trade war at this point, with tariffs already initiated and running from both countries. However, President Trump has stated that if they don’t make some significant headways, he will implement tariffs on the remaining $270 billion worth of Chinese imports, as well as letting the current tariffs which are at 10% ratchet up to 25% on January 1.

Although the issues are too complex to be resolved in a single face-to-face meeting, words of encouragement, as well as the laying of groundwork to resolve our trade issues on a long-term basis, would be considered an extremely successful meeting.

Wishing as always, good trading,

Gary S. Wagner - Executive Producer

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Gold Forecast: Proper Action

We sent out two Trade Alerts this morning. The first: Buy December Gold ATM (At the market) 1218.80. Place Stop @ 1204.13

The second: If you wish to add to this morning’s long December (GC Z19) gold, Add into the February (GC G19) contract month

Maintain long December gold @ 1218.80 (current 1222.1)

Add Long February 2019 (GC G19) (current 1228.30) and place stop @ 1210.13

Maintain long December gold @ 1218.80 and long Febuary Gold.

Maintain stops

Gold Market Forecast

Statements made by Chairman Jerome Powell today indicated a shift in their monetary policy. As the Fed has moved into a stance of quantitative normalization, they have slowly increased the Fed funds rate on eight occasions taking the interest rate that banks charge other banks for overnight loans to 2%- 2.25%.

Last month Chairman Powell stated that they are still far away from a interest rate they considered “normal” in times of economic prosperity. Today in his statement he revealed that the current rate is getting close to that of a normalized rate.

The net effect was a weakening US dollar which took gold pricing moderately higher

Sentiment Indicator:

Gold -> Bullish

Silver -> Bullish

S&P 500 -> Bullish

Bitcoin -> Neutral

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